North Carolina politics and crop prospects in a freighted year
The piece rails at northern book publishers and recalls NC politics with jokes about candidates for superintendent. It notes crops across the state show promise with wheat corn tobacco expanding, urging farmers to work for sustenance rather than political favors while warning of national partisanship and vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Kendrick
Eugene G. Harrell
J. W. Thackston
Northern
North Carolina
Raleigh
Paul
Apollus
Ephriams
Mafeking
South Africa
Public Library Support Urged By Durham Grade School Committee
The Durham Grade School Committee Mrs Carr Duke Guthrie Heartt Rogers and Tomlinson press the need for a public library to serve children after the graded schools, arguing reading builds wisdom and listing books read by pupils from September 1895 through eight months. They claim books enrich minds and propose funding to provide access to the best works for the rising generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Carr
Duke
Guthrie
Heartt
Rogers
Tomlinson
Durham
Johnson
Moovroe
Americans in Mexico Investment Trends and Social Shifts
The article notes American investments in Mexico totaled 45.81 million dollars versus 218.5 million by English over 1889–1892, with Americans leading in mines and railroads but English ahead in colonization and Mercantile ventures. It observes rapid American influence since railroad links, improving Mexican views of Americans, and a shift from frontier stereotypes toward a more refined presence. It also briefly mentions Pompeii relics and a social anecdote about a self-possessed woman at Old Point Comfort, followed by unrelated narrative fragments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
United States
Old Point Comfort
Saya 9 T
The
Washington Post
Sen Lu Oe
Tush
Serefthane
Tifat
Kaiser Wilhelm
Hunter
Milc Hoon
Bane Ts
Sallle
New York
Briefed Regional Snippets in Uneven Report
Atchison Kansas reports thirty smallpox cases. Meshoppen Pennsylvania post office affected by a blaze or outage. 400 handled on Thursday. Midland conference on cotton loom in Louisiana. Andalusian railway workers on strike obstruct traffic. Japanese traveler arrives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. globe trotter Griffin reaches Minnesota. Reports from multiple locations with limited readable detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison, Kan
Meshoppen
Midland Congress
Pill-Making Crabs Show Curious Beach Behavior
The piece details Collingwood’s rambles about tiny pill-making crabs on the Malay peninsula shores. It describes their sand pellets, burrow groves, and rapid evasive actions as they extract food from grains, plus observations of their darting movements and feigned death during capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingwood
Filberta
Malay Peninsula
Poor Guarant Them Money Back Not Satisfied
Nervous prostration caused sleepless nights and loss of appetite as the guarantor failed to refund. Health deteriorated amid ongoing dispute over returns and compensation. Local court records show delays and creditor intervention.
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J. H. King
E. T. Rollins
N. C
Hillsboro
Durham Re
Corder
Will
King and Rollins
E. C. Hackney
Pueblo, Col
Democratic Party
Cary
Transvaal
John Bull
National Congress
Cyrus Thompson
Shaws
Moore’ County
Dockery
Russell
Carliele
Joe Backburn
Sublime Porte
Turkey
Armenia
McKinsey
Cobb
Alabama
Goodwin
Spain
Hamlet
F. B. Rice
Wilmington
Russells
Merchant of Venice
Damilet
Lucille
House of Seven Gables
Vicar of Wakefield
Sesame
Lillies
Thelma
Julius Cesar
Talisman
St. Elmo
Macbeth
Sir Launfal
Richard II
Dr. Jekyl
Mr. Hyde
David Crocket
Old Curiosity
Oliver Twist
Miles Standish
Dream Life
Kenilworth
John Halifax
Nicolas Nickleby
David Copperfield
Josephine
Thaddeus of
Warsaw
Father Ryan
Evangeline
Hiawatha
Entir
Shanes
Nelson
Washington
Wakefield
Tom Brown
Sto Rab
Vassar Girls
Horton
Columbus
Sawyer
Uncle Remus
Franklin
Isketch Book
Davis
Golden River
Paradise of Children
Stories of Industries
Franklin Life
Webster
Easy Steps
Lincoln
Neb
Free Silver Democrats
Nebraska
Chicago
Boyd
Knoxville
Tenn
Bob Chambers
Bellvue Farm
Cranberry
N. Y
Carytown
Napier
Bulawayo
Iss
South
Africa
Ger
Mane
Berlin
Lonpoy
Marquis of Salis
London
Fanklin
Germain
Ane
Pompeii
Orifith
Globe Trotter
Lowell
Bradfield
Bradfield Tegulator CO
Atlanta
Shelburn’s
Yarly
Hood
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